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Matthew Alexander Henson

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Matthew Alexander Henson

Birth
Nanjemoy, Charles County, Maryland, USA
Death
9 Mar 1955 (aged 88)
Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
Plot
Section 8 Lot 15 Grid X-8.5
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Explorer. He accompanied Commander Robert Peary on all expeditions to the Arctic for 18 years, culminating when they reached the North Pole April 6, 1909. Henson became a distinguished member of the Explorers Club in New York, his biography written in 1947, met President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the White House in 1954. He died in 1955 but his Inuit descendants live on today in Greenland and the USNS Henson sails the world performing oceanographic exploration.
Explorer. He accompanied Commander Robert Peary on all expeditions to the Arctic for 18 years, culminating when they reached the North Pole April 6, 1909. Henson became a distinguished member of the Explorers Club in New York, his biography written in 1947, met President Dwight D. Eisenhower in the White House in 1954. He died in 1955 but his Inuit descendants live on today in Greenland and the USNS Henson sails the world performing oceanographic exploration.

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  • Added: Apr 25, 1998
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/474/matthew_alexander-henson: accessed ), memorial page for Matthew Alexander Henson (8 Aug 1866–9 Mar 1955), Find a Grave Memorial ID 474, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.